Monday, November 28, 2016

In honor of the holidays, I am running a week long sale on my personal online art store here. Everything is 25 percent off. Included in this post is an assortment of some of the art that I have available.

Artwork inspired by Stephen King's story "The Mist" originally published in "Knowing Darkness, Artists Inspired By Stephen King" from Centipede Press. 24 x 32 inch print available here.

Interpretation of "Master of the Worm -
Eaten Skull" from the workshop of José Guadalupe. Prints of this will be available in the following month.

As a thank you to anyone who orders artwork from me through Monster Brains, include the words "Monster Brains" in your purchase order and I'll add a Monster Brains postcard designed by the incredible Matt Furie and Johnny Ryan.

Craig Yoe has been putting out an incredible line of books over the years, covering many of the more obscure comic artists from decades past. Artists such as Basil Wolverton, Bob Powell, Tom Sutton and publications like Eerie have been shared here in the past.

Included is a cover gallery of the horror line of books that he's been publishing which can be purchased directly at http://yoebooks.com but many of these should also be available in all self respecting comic and book stores.

The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 1, 1904

The Deadly Sins dominated by Death, from "The Seven Deadly Sins," colored version 2, 1904

My Aunt Asleep and Dreaming of Monsters, 1888

The Fight of the Down-and-Outs Desir and Rissole, State 2, 1888

The Bad Doctors, 1892

The Bad Doctors, colored, 1895

The Assassination, 1890

Good Judges, 1891

The Good Judges, 1894

The Baths at Ostende, 1889

Red and White Clowns Evolving, 1890

Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1895

Doctrinal Nourishment, 1889

The Gendarmes, 1888

Intrigued Masks, 1930

Perplexed Masks, 1904

Ensor Surrounded By Masks, 1899

The Intrigue, 1890

Masks Confronting Death 1888

Scandalized Masks, 1883

Singular Masks, 1892

Skeletons Fighting For The Body Of A Hanged Man, 1891

Terrible Musicians, 1891

Astonishment of the Mask Wouse, 1889

Pierrot and Skeleton in Yellow Robe, 1893

The Despair of Pierrot, 1892

Comical Repast (Banquet of the Starved) 1917-18

Baptism of Masks, 1925-30

The Skeleton Painter, 1896

Fantastic Ballet, 1918

The Shop Of Grognelet Decoration For The Ballet Range Of Love, 1912

At The Conservatory With The Academy, 1902

The War of Snails, 1911

The Fight of the Angels and the Demons, 1888

Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1909

The Tribulations of Saint Anthony, 1887

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1932

The Infernal Cortege, 1887

Wizards in a Squall, 1888

Carnival Scene, 1913

Composition With Figures, 1946

Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1921

Diables turlupinant un religieux, 1940

The Assassination 1888

Burlesque False Noses

"James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.

Ensor's father, James Frederic Ensor, born in Brussels of English parents, was a cultivated man who studied engineering in England and Germany. Ensor's mother, Maria Catherina Haegheman, was Belgian. Ensor himself lacked interest in academic study and left school at the age of fifteen to begin his artistic training with two local painters. From 1877 to 1880, he attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, where one of his fellow students was Fernand Khnopff. Ensor first exhibited his work in 1881. From 1880 until 1917, he had his studio in the attic of his parents' house. His travels were very few: three brief trips to France and two to the Netherlands in the 1880s, and a four-day trip to London in 1892.

During the late 19th century much of his work was rejected as scandalous, particularly his painting Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (1888–89), but his paintings continued to be exhibited, and he gradually won acceptance and acclaim. In 1895 his painting The Lamp Boy (1880) was acquired by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, and he had his first solo exhibition in Brussels. By 1920 he was the subject of major exhibitions; in 1929 he was named a Baron by King Albert, and was the subject of the Belgian composer Flor Alpaerts's James Ensor Suite; and in 1933 he was awarded the band of the Légion d'honneur. Even in the first decade of the 20th century, however, his production of new works was diminishing, and he increasingly concentrated on music—although he had no musical training, he was a gifted improviser on the harmonium, and spent much time performing for visitors. Against the advice of friends, he remained in Ostend during World War II despite the risk of bombardment. In his old age he was an honored figure among Belgians, and his daily walk made him a familiar sight in Ostend. He died there after a short illness, on 19 November 1949." - quote source

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Monster Brains is copyright Aeron Alfrey 2006 - 2016. All artworks posted at Monster Brains are the property of their respective copyright owners. Any works posted against the wishes of the copyright owner will be removed from Monster Brains by request. I can be contacted at evilenergy@yahoo.com